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F. W. D'RESSEL. ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT.

No. 603,876 Patented May'10,-1898.

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FREDERICK W. DRESSEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,876, dated May 10,1898.

Application filed c r 1 97. Serial No- 654=,209. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LFREDERICK W.DRESSEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented a newand useful Improvement in Electric Headlights, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates especially to theconstruction and arrangement ofheadlights employed upon electric surface cars, and has for its objectthe provision of a simple, cheap, and efiective headlight which islocated entirely within or back'of the dashboard, obviating danger ofbreakage by contact with vehicles, 850., and which -may be readilycleaned, adjusted, and examined and any part of the headlight reached bythe motorman Without leaving the platform of the car.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists in certain novel anduseful combinations or arrangements of parts and peculiarities ofconstruction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fullydescribed, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is aviewin elevation of my improved headlight with the rear portion openedor thrown back. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view at line :20 so ofFig. 1, the rear portion being closed. 1

Similar numerals of reference, wherever they occur, indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

In the drawings, 1 is a ring, preferably made of cast metal. It will beobserved that the ring 1 is made deeper at the bottom 2 than at the top3. The object of this construction will be hereinafter explained.

4. is a horizontal bracket fixed at the bottom of the ring 1 for thereception and support of a lamp 5, the conductors 6 whereof pass througha perforation 7.

8 is a rabbet around the periphery of the ring 1. l

9 is a swinging securing and locking catch hinged to the ring 1 at 10.

11 is an inwardly-projecting flange, and 12 is an outwardly-projectingflange, arranged for bolting or securing to a dash 13, and 14. is a ringor washer for giving additional stiffness.

15 is the glass forming the front of the headlight. This glass restsagainst the flange l1 and is held in place by means of a wire ring 16,removably secured in position by means of screws or pins 17 ,which passthrough the ring 1.

Hinged at 18 to the ring 1 is the back portion or body of the headlight,consisting of a casting 19, having a horizontal flange 20, arranged tofit snugly over the rabbet 8, and a bottom flange 21 for passing beneaththe bracket 4:, effectually closing the headlight when the catch 9 iscaused to enter the eye 22 and the thumb-nut 23 screwed home, preventingthe admission of water, 850. I 24 is a reflector secured within thecasting 19. By giving the ring 1 the peculiar shape shown when placed inposition upon the dash and the parts are all assembled for use thereflector and back are given a forward inclination at the top, throwingthe light downward as well as forward.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An electric headlight, in which are comprised a flanged ring forsecuring within a car-dash, said ring carrying the lamp-bracket andlamp; a glass secured within said ring, and the body of the headlighthinged to the fixed ring, and arranged to swinginward, substantially asshown and described.

2. In a headlight of the character herein specified, a ring securedwithin a car-dash, said ring beingwider at the bottom than at the top,in combination with the body of the headlight hinged to said ring,substantially as shown and described.

3. In a headlight of the character herein specified, a ring securedWithin a car-dash,

said ring being Wider at the bottom than at the top, and having a rabbetat its inner edge, in combination with the body of the headlight hingedto the fixed ring, arranged to lap thereover and be held in place,substantially as shown and described.

FREDERICK W. DRESSEL.

Witnesses:

A. M. PIERCE, O. A. PIERCE.

